Gartner Research

5 Steps to Managing Privacy in the Blockchain

Published: 21 August 2018

ID: G00366269

Analyst(s):
Mark Horvath
,
Nader Henein

Summary

Blockchain and recent privacy regulations are establishing themselves. Security and risk management leaders should focus on the implications of incorporating personal information in the blockchain and learn to differentiate between potential opportunity and catastrophic liability.

Table Of Contents

Key Challenges

Introduction

Analysis

Evaluate the Risk of Blockchain Usage to Privacy by Conducting an Impact Assessment

Design a Realistic Plan for Blockchain Adoption by Using These Five Steps to Adapting Privacy Engineering to the Blockchain

Define Realistic Goals for Blockchain Use Cases by Understanding the Trade-Offs and the Benefits of Different Approaches

Establish Practical Privacy Expectations

Addressing Old Challenges: A Blockchain Retrospective of the Equifax Breach